Africa

General data

Waters

Seas

Mediterranean Sea

Red sea

Arabian Sea

Alboran sea

Oceans

Atlantic Ocean

Indian ocean

Rivers

Nile

Congo River

Zambezi

Niger

Volta River

Corubal (Tomine)

Senegal

Geba

Sanaga River

Gambia River

Orange river

Limpopo

River Tana

Ogooue River

Kouilou river

Natural lakes

Lake Victoria

Lake Tanganyika

Lake Albert

Lake Malawi

Lake Edward

Lake Kivu

Lake Mweru

Lake Kyoga

Endorheic lakes

Lake Turkana (Rudolf)

Lake Chad

Lake Rukwa

Artificial lakes

Lake Nasser

Lake Kariba

Lake Volta

Bays

Gulf of Guinea

Gulf of Aden

Fishes

Centrarchiformes - Basses and sunfishes

Largemouth bass

Galjoen

Green sunfish

Bermuda sea chub

Brassy chub

Smallmouth bass

Spotted bass

Longnose hawkfish

Blackside hawkfish

Arc-eye hawkfish

Coral hawkfish

Spotted hawkfish

Dwarf hawkfish

Jarbua terapon

Largescaled terapon

Barred fingerfin

Redfingers

Two-tone fingerfin

Rock flagtail

Barred flagtail

Stocky hawkfish

Spariformes - Breams and porgies

Sand steenbras

Gilt-head bream

Common dentex

Pink dentex

Annular seabream

Sargo

Common two-banded sea bream

Sharpsnout seabream

Bogue

Red porgy

Blotched picarel

Salema

Saddled seabream

Common pandora

Axillary seabream

Moroccan white seabream

Zebra sea bream

Banded seabream

Striped white seabream

Red Sea seabream

Oman seabream

South African zebra seabream

Cape Verde two-banded seabream

Roman seabream

Redbanded seabream

Goldlined seabream

Spangled emperor

Black seabream

Blackspot seabream

Orange-striped emperor

Twobar seabream

Longface emperor

Black-streaked monocle bream

Thumbprint monocle bream

Snubnose emperor

Suez Canal Sillago

Perciformes - Perches

Goldblotch grouper

Nile perch

Dusky grouper

Bluefish

Damselfish

European perch

Comber

Painted comber

Brown comber

Two-spot red snapper

Emperor red snapper

Harry hotlips

Yellowbanded sweetlips

Blackspotted rubberlip

Lemonfish

Two-striped sweetlips

Painted sweetlip

Blacktail snapper

Russell's snapper

Malabar grouper

Blacktip grouper

One-blotch grouper

Giant African threadfin

Comet grouper

Humpback red snapper

Blubberlip snapper

Common bluestripe snapper

Peacock hind

Coral hind

Bastard grunt

Smallspotted grunter

Tanganyika lates

Swallowtail sea perch

Giant grouper

Honeycomb grouper

Potato grouper

Blue-and-yellow grouper

Spotted soapfish

Island grouper

Zander

Paranthias furcifer

Gorean snapper

One-spot snapper

Dory snapper

Yellow-edged lyretail

Rubberlip grunt

Indian Ocean oriental sweetlips

Slender grouper

Blacktail comber

White grouper

African moony

Biglip grunt

Bigeye grunt

African brown snapper

Canary damsel

Lesser African threadfin

Black and white snapper

Midnight snapper

Sapphire damsel

Blackspot snapper

Epaulet grouper

Roving coral grouper

Masked grouper

Bowtie damselfish

Goldenstriped soapfish

Goldribbon soapfish

One-spot damselfish

Creole damsel

Common silver-biddy

Slender silver-biddy

Brownspotted grouper

Areolate grouper

Longspine grouper

Chocolate hind

Bigeye snapper

Deep-water red snapper

Deepwater longtail red snapper

White-edged lyretail

Mangrove red snapper

Redmouth grouper

Atlantic bigeye

Moontail bullseye

Crescent sweetlips

Flagfin mojarra

Red bandfish

Dark damsel

Paletail damsel

Leopard hind

Grey demoiselle

Characiformes - Characins

Tiger fish

Goliath tigerfish

Elongate tigerfish

Nile tigerfish

Polypteriformes - Bichirs

Barred bichir

Ornate bichir

Shortfin bichir

Senegal bichir

Reedfish

Mottled bichir

Guinean bichir

Nile bichir

Saddled bichir

Mokele-mbembe bichir

Ceratodontiformes - Lungfishes

Marbled lungfish

Gilled lungfish

West African lungfish

Spotted lungfish

Cyprinodontiformes - Toothcarps

Western mosquitofish

Eastern mosquitofish

Mediterranean banded killifish

Anguilliformes - Eels and morays

European conger

European eel

Mediterranean moray

Starry moray

Leopard eel

Napoleon snake eel

Green moray

Goldentail moray

Purplemouth moray

Giant mottled eel

Gymnothorax undulatus

African longfin eel

Indian mottled eel

Indonesian shortfin eel

Zebra moray

Laced moray

Fimbriated moray

Geometric moray

Giant moray

Turkey moray

Yellowmouth moray

Daggertooth pike conger

Many-eyed snake-eel

Blotched snake-eel

Broadbanded moray

Barred moray

Lamniformes - Mackerel sharks

Great white shark

Smalltooth sand tiger

Thresher

Sand tiger shark

Basking shark

Bigeye thresher

Labriformes - Wrasses

Mediterranean rainbow wrasse

Cuckoo wrasse

Ornate wrasse

Ocellated wrasse

Axillary wrasse

East Atlantic peacock wrasse

Five-spotted wrasse

Pointed-snout wrasse

Mediterranean parrotfish

Green humphead parrotfish

Clown wrasse

Queen coris

Spottail coris

African wrasse

Broomtail wrasse

Humphead wrasse

Abudjubbe wrasse

Redbreasted wrasse

Klunzinger’s wrasse

Sling-jaw wrasse

Dusky wrasse

Zigzag wrasse

Checkerboard wrasse

Ballan wrasse

Brown wrasse

Green wrasse

Blue-spotted wrasse

Red Sea thicklip wrasse

Barred thicklip

Blackeye thicklip wrasse

Yellowbreasted wrasse

Diana’s hogfish

Axilspot hogfish

Corkwing wrasse

Goldsinny wrasse

Black-tailed wrasse

Pearly razorfish

Peacock wrasse

Fivefinger razorfish

Barred hogfish

Grey wrasse

Baillon’s wrasse

Mental wrasse

Cheeklined wrasse

Two-spot wrasse

Rusty parrotfish

Heavybeak parrotfish

Daisy parrotfish

Dapple coris

Batu coris

Lyretail hogfish

Palebar hogfish

Lined hogfish

Carolines parrotfish

Scale-rayed wrasse

Floral wrasse

Snooty wrasse

Tripletail wrasse

Whitebarred wrasse

Surge wrasse

Sideburn Wrasse

Scombriformes - Mackerels

Yellowfin tuna

Wahoo

Atlantic Spanish mackerel

Dogtooth tuna

Narrow-barred spanish mackerel

Bigeye tuna

Albacore

Silver scabbardfish

Myliobatiformes - Stingrays

Giant manta ray

Reef manta ray

Blue-spotted stingray

Plavopega trakorepa raža

Common stingray

Marbled stingray

Cowtail stingray

Daisy stingray

Common eagle ray

Round ribbontail ray

Round fantail stingray

Bull ray

Pink whipray

Brown stingray

Short-tail stingray

Carcharhiniformes - Ground sharks

Nursehound

Blackmouth catshark

Lesser spotted dogfish

Lemon shark

Whitetip reef shark

Blacktip reef shark

Grey reef shark

Great hammerhead

Smooth hammerhead

Bull Shark

Starry smooth-hound

Striped catshark

Leopard catshark

Galapagos shark

Silky shark

Common smooth-hound

Silvertip shark

Milk shark

Starspotted smooth-hound

Scalloped hammerhead

Blacktip shark

Dark shyshark

Moroniformes - Temperate basses

European bass

Spotted seabass

Acanthuriformes - Surgeonfishes

Doctorfish

Short-nosed unicornfish

Bluespine unicornfish

Whitemargin unicornfish

Shi drum

Meagre

Japanese meagre

Threespot angelfish

Yellowtail angelfish

Blackspot sergeant

Copperband butterflyfish

Redtail butterflyfish

Pacific double-saddle butterflyfish

Bicolor angelfish

Yellowbar angelfish

Blackwedged butterflyfish

Threadfin butterflyfish

Brown meagre

Canary drum

Cassava drum

African sicklefish

West African spadefish

Bobo croaker

Brown-spotted spinefoot

Dusky spinefoot

Lined surgeonfish

Elongate surgeonfish

Powderblue surgeonfish

Palette surgeonfish

Convict surgeonfish

Yellowfin surgeonfish

Sohal surgeonfish

Goldtail angelfish

Bluering angelfish

Regal angelfish

Semicircled angelfish

Emperor angelfish

Arabian angelfish

Old woman angelfish

Scissortail sergeant

Atlantic Sergeant Major

False-eye sergeant

Yellowtail sergeant

Indo-Pacific sergeant

Banded sergeant

Marbled spinefoot

Whipfin ponyfish

Eritrean butterflyfish

Cichliformes - Cichlids

Tanganyika tilapia

Humphead cichlid

Nile tilapia

Polystigma Cichlid

Malawi eyebiter

Blue tilapia

Mozambique tilapia

Giant cichlid

Six-bar lamprologus

Blackchin tilapia

Redbelly tilapia

Spotted tilapia

Angolan Tilapia

Ventralis Featherfin Cichlid

Benthochromis tricoti

Lemon cichlid

Gold Leleupi Cichlid

Daffodil cichlid

Spotted Julie

Golden julie

Golden Mbuna

Mango tilapia

Guinean tilapia

Banded jewel cichlid

Jewel Cichlid

Letourneux's Jewel Cichlid

Zebra tilapia

Carangiformes - Jacks

Common dolphinfish

Greater amberjack

Atlantic horse mackerel

Pompano

Leerfish

Swordfish

Shortbill spearfish

Blue marlin

Atlantic sailfish

Indo-Pacific sailfish

Atlantic white marlin

Black jack

Giant trevally

Bluefin trevally

Bigeye trevally

Crevalle jack

Golden trevally

Yellowtail amberjack

Cobia

Striped marlin

Torpedo scad

Mediterranean spearfish

Orange-spotted trevally

Mediterranean horse mackerel

Senegal jack

Shortfin pompano

False scad

Rainbow runner

Longfin yellowtail

Guinean amberjack

Atlantic bumper

Indian threadfish

African pompano

Barred queenfish

White trevally

Needlescaled queenfish

Talang queenfish

Doublespotted queenfish

Whitefin trevally

Horse-eye jack

Bumpnose trevally

Coachwhip trevally

Brassy trevally

Small spotted dart

Snubnose pompano

Shadow trevally

Live sharksucker

Yellow jack

Blue runner

Bigeye scad

Istiophoriformes - Barracudas

Great barracuda

Yellowmouth Barracuda

Guinean barracuda

Yellowtail barracuda

Yellowstripe barracuda

Beloniformes - Needlefishes

Garfish

Flat needlefish

Hound needlefish

Agujon Needlefish

Ballyhoo halfbeak

Mulliformes - Goatfishes

Red mullet

Dash-and-dot goatfish

Gold-saddle goatfish

Yellow goatfish

Yellowstripe goatfish

Yellowfin goatfish

Long-barbel goatfish

Striped goatfish

Sidespot goatfish

Red Sea goatfish

Zeiformes - Dories

John Dory

Orectolobiformes - Carpet shark

Whale shark

Nurse shark

Zebra shark

Scorpaeniformes - Mail-cheeked fishes

Devil firefish

Red scorpionfish

Small red scorpionfish

Madeira rockfish

Black scorpionfish

Streaked gurnard

Tub gurnard

Bearded scorpionfish

Grey gurnard

Bartail flathead

Wispy waspfish

Spotfin lionfish

Red lionfish

African lionfish

Red sea lionfish

Tentacled flathead

Red gurnard

Tetraodontiformes - Puffers and filefishes

Ocean sunfish

Black triggerfish

White-banded triggerfish

Clown triggerfish

Grey triggerfish

Orange-lined triggerfish

Titan triggerfish

White-spotted puffer

Immaculate puffer

Stellate puffer

Bluetail trunkfish

Prickly puffer

Macaronesian sharpnose-puffer

Valentin’s sharpnose puffer

Guinean puffer

American whitespotted filefish

Scrawled filefish

Broom filefish

Long-spine porcupinefish

Spot-fin porcupinefish

Black-blotched porcupinefish

Queen triggerfish

Pinktail triggerfish

Blackbelly triggerfish

Smooth puffer

Red-toothed triggerfish

Yellow boxfish

Picasso triggerfish

Indian triggerfish

Yellowmargin triggerfish

Yellowspotted puffer

Unicorn leatherjacket filefish

Masked triggerfish

Wedge-tail triggerfish

Holocentriformes - Squirrelfishes

Squirrelfish

Silverspot squirrelfish

Sabre squirrelfish

Redcoat

Crown squirrelfish

Pink squirrelfish

Blotcheye soldierfish

Scarlet soldierfish

Samurai squirrelfish

Blackblotch squirrelfish

Dactylopteriformes - Flying gurnards

Flying gurnard

Lophiiformes - Anglerfishes

Striated frogfish

Warty frogfish

Painted frogfish

European anglerfish

Blackbellied anglerfish

Gobiiformes - Gobies

Atlantic mudskipper

Incognito goby

Orange-spotted sleeper-goby

Blueband goby

Common goby

Madeira Goby

Leopard-spotted goby

Fries's goby

Transparent goby

Dusky frillgoby

Frillfin goby

Ninebar prawn-goby

Arabian goby

Chinese zebra goby

Starry goby

Grass goby

Lampriformes - Lamprids

Giant oarfish

Blackflash ribbonfish

Mediterranean dealfish

North Atlantic opah

Squaliformes - Sleeper and dogfish sharks

Spiny dogfish

Velvet belly lanternshark

Angular roughshark

Elopiformes - Tarpons and tenpounders

Atlantic tarpon

Indo-Pacific tarpon

Osteoglossiformes - Bony tongues

African arowana

Eastern bottlenose mormyrid

Cornish jack

African knifefish

Senegal mormyrid

Reticulate knifefish

Siluriformes - Catfishes

North African catfish

African mudfish

Kampoyo

Vundu

Electric catfish

Semutundu

Silver butter catfish

Giant pangasius

Smoothmouth sea catfish

Angolian walking catfish

Trachiniformes - Weeverfishes

Atlantic stargazer

Speckled sandperch

Lesser weever

Naked-nape stargazer

Myxiniformes - Hagfishes

Sixgill hagfish

Rajiformes - Skates and rays

Common skate

Spotted ray

Small-eyed ray

Blonde ray

Undulate ray

Longnosed skate

Mugiliformes - Mullets

Boxlip mullet

Thicklip grey mullet

Golden grey mullet

Thinlip grey mullet

Leaping mullet

Flathead grey mullet

South African mullet

Squaretail mullet

Hornlip mullet

Clupeiformes - Herrings

Twaite shad

European anchovy

European sprat

Bonga shad

West African ilisha

Pacific Sardine

Gadiformes - Cods

Forkbeard

Greater forkbeard

Pouting

Whiting

Blue ling

Spanish ling

Shore rockling

Abyssal grenadier

Silvery pout

Blue whiting

Common mora

Syngnathiformes - Pipefishes and Seahorses

Ringed pipefish

Bluespotted cornetfish

Greater pipefish

Broadnosed pipefish

Network pipefish

Notacanthiformes - Spiny eels

Snub-nosed spiny eel

Gonorynchiformes - Milkfishes

Milkfish

Beaked salmon

Argentiniformes - Marine smelts

Argentine

Myctophiformes - Lanternfishes

Spotted lanternfish

Stylephoriformes - Tube-eyes

Tube-eye

Beryciformes - Sawbellies

Alfonsino

Ophidiiformes - Cusk-eels

Pudgy cuskeel

Brunswig's Cusk-eel

Bearded brotula

Kurtiformes - Nurseryfishes & Cardinalfishes

Mediterranean cardinalfish

Large-toothed cardinalfish

Five-lined cardinalfish

Iridescent cardinalfish

Bridled cardinalfish

Half-barred cardinal

Bandfin cardinalfish

Pharaoh cardinalfish

Twospot cardinalfish

Acropomatiformes - Oceanic basses

Blackmouth ocean bass

Atlantic wreckfish

Dusky sweeper

Vanikoro sweeper

Indian sweeper

Cypriniformes - Carps

African carp

Largemouth yellowfish

Common carp

Smallmouth yellowfish

Goldfish

Salmoniformes - Salmons and Trouts

Rainbow trout

Brown trout

Pleuronectiformes - Flatfishes

Turbot

Wide-eyed flounder

Peacock flounder

Plate fish

Leopard flounder

Senegalese sole

Channel flounder

Imperial scaldfish

Brill

Mediterranean scaldfish

Largetooth flounder

Esociformes - Pikes

Southern pike

Blenniiformes - Blennies

Peacock blenny

Sphinx blenny

Butterfly blenny

Basilisk Blenny

Ringneck blenny

Montagu’s blenny

Red-black triplefin

Rock-pool blenny

Hairy blenny

Molly miller

Gurnard blenny

Shanny

Rippled rockskipper

Freshwater blenny

Rhinopristiformes - Shovelnose rays

Giant guitarfish

Smalltooth sawfish

Common sawfish

Green sawfish

Aulopiformes - Grinners

Variegated lizardfish

Gracile lizardfish

Atheriniformes - Silversides

Sand smelt

Big-scale sand smelt

Red Sea Hardyhead Silverside

Wide-banded hardyhead silverside

Callionymiformes - Dragonets

Common dragonet

Reticulated dragonet

Spotted dragonet

Risso’s dragonet

Hexanchiformes - Six-gill sharks

Broadnose sevengill shark

Albuliformes - Bonefishes

Roundjaw bonefish

Gobiesociformes - Clingfishes

Connemarra clingfish

Countries

Algeria

Angola

Botswana

Burkina Faso

Cameroon

Cape Verde

Central African Republic

Chad

Comoros

Congo

Cote D’Ivoire

Djibouti

Egypt

Equatorial Guinea

Ethiopia

French Southern and Antarctic Lands

Gabon

Gambia

Ghana

Guinea

Guinea-Bissau

Kenya

Lesotho

Liberia

Madagascar

Malawi

Mali

Mauritania

Mauritius

Morocco

Mozambique

Namibia

Niger

Nigeria

Rwanda

Senegal

Somalia

South Africa

Sudan

Togo

Uganda

Zambia

Zimbabwe

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Libya

Canary Islands (Spain)

Madeira (Portugal)

Catches